Tennessee’s Infant Mortality Rate and the Lie of “Pro-Life”
So, our 2009 Tennessee Women’s Health Report Card came out last week and, needless to say, we didn’t do so well. We’ve been hoping to see some shift in our infant mortality rate, which remains abysmal. We have in five years lowered it from 9.4 per 1,000 to 8.3 per 1,000, but the African American [...]
...read moreEno Road
Writing about the Kingston Ash Spill reminded me of the whole Eno Road situation, which is another instance of environmental racism and the stupidity that results (I wrote about it last year, better than I am doing now). Here you have an instance of blatant racism, where white people were told of the dangers of [...]
...read moreFallout from the Kingston Ash Spill
Last December 22, a retaining wall at the Kingston Fossil Plant (run by the TVA) gave way and dumped over a billion gallons of coal ash slurry across a great swath of Roane County, Tennessee. It was one of the worst, if not the worst, man-made environmental disasters in our country’s history. People’s homes were [...]
...read moreNice to Be Here
Whew, I am thrilled and nervous to be here. Let’s see. What do you need to know about me off the bat? I blog primarily at Tiny Cat Pants, which is rapidly approaching its 5th Anniversary. I also blog under my given name, Betsy Phillips, at Pith in the Wind, which is the Nashville Scene‘s [...]
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